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5-Minute Leftover Chicken Spinach Salad

Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 8 heaping cups of fresh baby spinach
  • 4 green onions sliced
  • 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 fresh lemon juiced
  • 1 or 2 cloves of fresh garlic minced
  • 1 tsp red chili flakes or to taste
  • sea salt and ground pepper to taste
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
  • 2 small garden cucumbers chopped
  • 1/2 cup pitted green olives halved
  • 1/4 cup shelled pistachio coarsely chopped

Instructions

  • In a large bowl whisk the oil, lemon juice, garlic, and chili flakes, with a pinch of sea salt and pepper. Add the spinach and green onions then toss well to coat.
  • Top with carrots, chicken, cucumber, olives, and pistachios.
  • Give it all another toss and enjoy immediately!